Mr. John H. Rittenhouse, 67 years old, US citizen, resident in Tiburon, USA, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Cavallino Capital, LLC, Tiburon, USA
John H. Rittenhouse is 67 years old, was born in 1956 in Queens, New York, and is a citizen of the United States of America.
Mr. Rittenhouse graduated from Rollins College (Business Administration and Entrepreneurship), the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee (Executive Masters of Business Administration) and St. Patrick's Seminary & University (Theology). Mr. Rittenhouse has held executive positions at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, Michaels Stores, Inc. and Target Corporation and served as a national partner at KPMG. At Wal-Mart, he was chief operating officer of the Wal-Mart.com segment with responsibility for technology, supply chain, logistics, customer service and operations. For LVMH Moët Hennessy, he served as senior vice president of supply chain and finance, including responsibility for tax and transfer pricing. At Target Corporation, he held the position of Vice President Supply Chain and Inventory Management, where he organized distribution center operations and managed special projects for the CEO. At Michaels Stores, he served as Vice President Operations, and at KPMG, he was a partner in the Consulting Department, advising clients on risk provisioning and operations. In 2007, Mr. Rittenhouse founded Cavallino Capital, LLC, where he currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for the firm's capital, advisory and investment businesses. In particular, he is responsible for investments and advisory services. He also serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of VinAsset Inc.
Mr. Rittenhouse is currently not a member of other statutory supervisory boards within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half sentence 1 AktG.
Mr. Rittenhouse is currently a member of the following comparable German and foreign supervisory bodies of business enterprises within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half sentence 2 AktG.
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At present, Mr. Rittenhouse's other significant activities within the meaning of the German Corporate Governance Code are as follows:
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According to the assessment of the Supervisory Board, there are no personal or business relationships between Mr. Rittenhouse on the one hand and the companies of the HelloFresh SE Group, their corporate bodies or a shareholder directly or indirectly holding more than 10% of the voting shares in HelloFresh SE on the other hand that are relevant for the election decision of the Annual General Meeting.
Mr. Rittenhouse has been a member of the Supervisory Board of HelloFresh SE since 2015 (i.e. for approx. nine years). He was most recently reappointed as a member of the Supervisory Board by the Annual General Meeting on May 12, 2023. His current appointment is expected to end in 2025 with the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting that resolves on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2024.
Mr. Rittenhouse has expertise in the field of accounting and in the field of auditing within the meaning of Section 100 (5) AktG.
Ms. Ursula Radeke-Pietsch, 65 years old, German citizen, resident in Munich, Germany, and Global Head of Strategic Projects of Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Ursula Radeke-Pietsch is 65 years old, was born in Regensburg, Germany, in 1958 and is a German citizen.
Ursula Radeke-Pietsch was born in Regensburg, Germany, in 1958. Ms. Radeke-Pietsch holds two state examinations in business administration and computer science from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. In 1986, Ms. Radeke-Pietsch began her career at Siemens. During her career at Siemens, Ms. Radeke-Pietsch held several management positions, including structured finance, audit, treasury and corporate finance. For example, Ms. Radeke-Pietsch was Head of Global Capital Markets at Siemens AG from October 2009 to May 2017. In this position, she was responsible for the global capital market strategy of the Siemens Group and optimized its capital structure. In doing so, she negotiated and managed international capital measures in line with the company's liquidity needs and developed and implemented tailored financing strategies for international M&A projects (IPOs, spin-offs, spin-offs, etc.). In June 2017, Ms. Radeke-Pietsch joined Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA Bilbao, Spain, as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Group Treasury, where she was responsible for Corporate Finance and Group Treasury, including liquidity and risk management, capital markets and treasury, pension and insurance management. She also created global standards for governance and internal controls for the finance department, optimized the capital structure as well as the external rating. Since April 2019, Ms. Radeke-Pietsch has been Global Head of Strategic Projects at Siemens AG, Munich. In this role, she is responsible for global M&A projects, leads and manages the digitalization process as well as the ESG initiatives for the Corporate Finance Group of the Group, among other things.
Ms. Radeke-Pietsch is currently a member of the following other statutory supervisory boards within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half sentence 1 AktG:
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Ms. Radeke-Pietsch is currently a member of the following comparable domestic or foreign supervisory bodies of business enterprises within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half sentence 2 AktG:
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At present, the following other significant activities of Ms. Radeke-Pietsch exist within the meaning of the German Corporate Governance Code:
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According to the assessment of the Supervisory Board, there are no personal or business relationships between Ms. Radeke-Pietsch on the one hand and the companies of the HelloFresh SE Group, their corporate bodies or a shareholder directly or indirectly holding more than 10 % of the voting shares in HelloFresh SE on the other hand that are relevant for the election decision of the Annual General Meeting.
Ms. Radeke-Pietsch has been a member of the Supervisory Board of HelloFresh SE since 2015 (i.e. for approx. nine years). Most recently, she was reappointed as a member of the Supervisory Board by the Annual General Meeting on May 12, 2023. Her current appointment is expected to end in 2025 with the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting that resolves on the formal approval of the actions of the members of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2024.
Ms. Radeke-Pietsch has expertise in the field of accounting and in the field of auditing within the meaning of Section 100 (5) AktG.
Mr. Derek Zissman, 79 years old, British citizen, resident in London, UK, Director at Crossroads Partners Limited, London, United Kingdom
Derek Zissman is 79 years old, was born in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1944 and is a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Mr. Zissman is a chartered accountant and has more than 45 years of experience in the UK capital markets. In 1971, he joined KPMG UK and was promoted to partner after five years, a position he retained for more than 30 years. In 2004, he was appointed Vice Chairman of KPMG UK. During his time at KPMG UK, Mr. Zissman was a founding partner of KPMG UK's Corporate Finance Group and Private Equity Group in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Following his retirement in March 2008, he served on the advisory boards of Alchemy Partners and Barclays Wealth & Investment Management, among others, and acted as Non-Executive Chairman of Seymour Pierce. He is currently a Director at Crossroads Partners Limited.
Mr. Zissman is currently not a member of other statutory supervisory boards within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half sentence 1 AktG.
Mr. Zissman is currently not a member of a comparable German and foreign supervisory bodies of business enterprises within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half sentence 2 AktG.
At present, Mr. Zissman's other significant activities as defined by the German Corporate Governance Code are as follows:
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According to the assessment of the Supervisory Board, there are no personal or business relationships between Mr. Zissman on the one hand and the companies of the HelloFresh SE group, their corporate bodies or a shareholder directly or indirectly holding more than 10 % of the voting shares in HelloFresh SE on the other hand that are relevant for the election decision of the General Meeting.
Mr. Zissman has been a member of the Supervisory Board of HelloFresh SE since 2015 (i.e. for approx. nine years). He was last appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board by the Annual General Meeting on May 12, 2023 again. His current appointment is expected to end in 2025 at the close of the Annual General Meeting which resolves on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board for the fiscal year 2024.
Mr. Zissman has expertise in the field of accounting and in the field of auditing within the meaning of Section 100 (5) AktG.
Mrs. Susanne Schröter-Crossan, 44 years old, German citizen, resident in Berlin, Germany, business graduate and CFO sennder Technologies GmbH
Susanne Schröter-Crossan is 44 years old, was born in Kassel, Germany, in 1979 and is a German citizen.
Ms. Schröter-Crossan holds a degree in business administration and studied business administration at the universities of Bamberg and Mannheim. In 2005, Ms. Schröter-Crossan started her career at Morgan Stanley and held various roles in Corporate Finance in Frankfurt am Main, Hong Kong and London. In 2010, she moved to Standard Chartered Bank. There she worked as a finance expert focusing on convertible/exchangeable bonds in Hong Kong. In 2011, she became Vice President Equity Captial Markets & Equity-linked Origination at Deutsche Bank AG and was also involved in Hong Kong as well as London. In 2016, Ms. Schröter-Crossan became Director Equity Capital Markets Origination at Deutsche Bank AG in London. Subsequently, she became Managing Director and Head of Equity Capital Markets for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt am Main. In this position, she was responsible for equity underwriting, IPOs, capital increases and equity-related transactions in the DACH region. From July 2020 to March 31, 2023, Ms. Schröter-Crossan was Chief Financial Officer of LEG Immobilien SE, where she was responsible for Investor Relations, Finance & Controlling, Portfolio Management, Accounting & Taxes. After that, Ms. Schröter-Crossan was working as an independent consultant. Since February 20, 2024, Ms. Schröter-Crossan is CFO of sennder Technologies GmbH.
During her time at Deutsche Bank AG, Ms. Schröter-Crossan was the global contact for ESG issues within the Equity Capital Markets department and helped build the European ESG product team in the investment bank. She was also a member of the ESG steering committee at LEG Immobilien SE. Due to these activities for Deutsche Bank AG and LEG Immobilien SE, Ms. Schröter-Crossan has very good knowledge in the field of ESG.
Ms. Schröter-Crossan is currently a member of the following other statutory supervisory boards within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half sentence 1 AktG:
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Ms. Schröter-Crossan is currently not a member of a comparable domestic and foreign supervisory body of commercial enterprises within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half-sentence 2 AktG.
At present, the following other significant activities of Ms. Schröter-Crossan exist within the meaning of the German Corporate Governance Code:
According to the assessment of the Supervisory Board, there are no personal or business relationships between Ms. Schröter-Crossan on the one hand and the companies of the HelloFresh SE Group, their corporate bodies or a shareholder directly or indirectly holding more than 10% of the voting shares in HelloFresh SE on the other hand that are relevant for the election decision of the Annual General Meeting.
Ms. Schröter-Crossan has been a member of the Supervisory Board of HelloFresh SE since 2021 (i.e. for approx. three years). Most recently, she was reappointed as a member of the Supervisory Board by the Annual General Meeting on May 12, 2023. Her current appointment is expected to end in 2025 with the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting that resolves on the formal approval of the actions of the members of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2024.
Ms. Schröter-Crossan has expertise in the field of accounting and in the field of auditing within the meaning of Section 100 (5) AktG.
Mr. Michael Roth, 57 years old, German citizen, resident in Seattle, Washington, USA, self-employed consultant and member of other boards of directors
Michael Roth is 57 years old, was born in Fulda, Germany, in 1966 and is a German citizen.
Mr. Roth graduated from the University of Tübingen in 1994 with a degree in chemistry. From 1999 to 2019, Mr. Roth worked in various positions at Amazon in Germany, the USA, the United Kingdom, China and Luxembourg. He initially worked as Area Manager / Operations Manager for Amazon.de in Regensburg and Bad Hersfeld from July 1999 to June 2001. From July 2001 to December 2004, he was Senior Operations Manager Inbound and Outbound at a location in the USA and the United Kingdom, where he was able to significantly expand warehouse capacities and considerably increase productivity by improving the software and changing processes. Between December 2004 and April 2007, he worked as General Manager at LTN1 Marston Gate Fulfillment Center in the UK, where he developed the site's performance to one of the top five in the world in 2006. In December 2006, he was appointed Regional Director UK Fulfillment until October 2007 and Regional Director China Fulfillment from April 2007. As Director, Supply Chain Europe, he moved to Luxembourg in October 2007, where his responsibilities included the strategic expansion of the external fulfillment network as well as strategic and tactical capacity and inventory planning. In December 2008, as Vice President, Supply Chain Operations North America, he assumed supply chain responsibility for the North America Retail division with a network of more than 25 locations. In March 2010, he became Vice President, Supply Chain & Transportation Operations North America until January 2012, where he was responsible for the long-term capacity planning of a $ 25 billion physical retail organization with budget responsibility for $ 4 billion in annual supplier inbound transportation spend. He then assumed the position of Vice President, North American Operations, where he had operational responsibility for more than 60 fulfillment and sortation locations as well as transportation and supply chain operations for a $ 45 billion retail organization. Most recently, in January 2016, he was promoted to Vice President, Global Customer Fulfillment with full budget responsibility for fulfillment, transportation and supply chain operations in Europe, India, Japan and the Americas. He held this position until his departure from Amazon in July 2019. Since then, he has been a self-employed consultant and a member of several boards of directors.
Mr. Roth is currently not a member of any other statutory supervisory boards within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half-sentence 1 AktG.
Mr. Roth is currently a member of the following comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises within the meaning of Section 125 (1) sentence 5 half-sentence 2 AktG:
Mr. Roth currently has the following other significant activities within the meaning of the German Corporate Governance Code:
In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, there are no personal or business relationships between Mr. Roth on the one hand and the companies of the HelloFresh SE Group, their executive bodies or a shareholder directly or indirectly holding more than 10% of the voting shares in HelloFresh SE on the other hand that are relevant for the election decision of the Annual General Meeting.
Mr. Roth has been a member of the Supervisory Board of HelloFresh SE since 2024 (i.e. for less than one year). He was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board by the Annual General Meeting on May 2, 2024. His current appointment is expected to end in 2025 with the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting that resolves on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2024.
